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Post by midlandgas213 on Nov 13, 2016 23:26:11 GMT
I could not get to this game but from what I've seen we did not have poppies on our shirts any reason why not or where they there and I didn't see them
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Post by e4bandrobinstubbs on Nov 14, 2016 17:49:18 GMT
Maybe because it was played in London, which is far too politically correct for my liking. And it's too near that house of idiots called Brussels.
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Post by cagastrophy on Nov 14, 2016 18:29:40 GMT
Maybe because it was played in London, which is far too politically correct for my liking. And it's too near that house of idiots called Brussels. Millwall were proudly displaying their poppies, it's a shame we weren't displaying them, although our players made a great showing on the Sunday at the mem |
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 14, 2016 19:09:26 GMT
Quite a big outlay for one game, say £50 a shirt x 34, I'd sooner the club announced they'd donated similar money to the Help our Heros.
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Post by philbemmygas on Nov 15, 2016 7:40:37 GMT
Quite a big outlay for one game, say £50 a shirt x 34, I'd sooner the club announced they'd donated similar money to the Help our Heros. Topper Remembrance/wearing the poppy is about the Royal British Legion, H4H do donate and pay towards the facilities our veterans of all ages need and use. This Saturday at the Mem, the club are carrying out another Act of Remembrance before the kick-off, I am led to believe the home shirts will display the Poppy. All the players wore poppies on their training kit on Friday at the Memorial Gates before heading to London, I claim the reason Bristle egg chasers won on Friday evening was down to my wishing Mark Tainton good luck as he left the ground  UTG |
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Post by whoblue on Nov 15, 2016 11:08:47 GMT
Quite a big outlay for one game, say £50 a shirt x 34, I'd sooner the club announced they'd donated similar money to the Help our Heros. Topper Remembrance/wearing the poppy is about the Royal British Legion, H4H do donate and pay towards the facilities our veterans of all ages need and use. This Saturday at the Mem, the club are carrying out another Act of Remembrance before the kick-off, I am led to believe the home shirts will display the Poppy. All the players wore poppies on their training kit on Friday at the Memorial Gates before heading to London, I claim the reason Bristle egg chasers won on Friday evening was down to my wishing Mark Tainton good luck as he left the ground UTG
Could you come over and wish me luck as I buy a Euro Millions ticket... and a Lotto just to be on the safe side!! |
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Post by philbemmygas on Nov 15, 2016 12:17:36 GMT
Topper Remembrance/wearing the poppy is about the Royal British Legion, H4H do donate and pay towards the facilities our veterans of all ages need and use. This Saturday at the Mem, the club are carrying out another Act of Remembrance before the kick-off, I am led to believe the home shirts will display the Poppy. All the players wore poppies on their training kit on Friday at the Memorial Gates before heading to London, I claim the reason Bristle egg chasers won on Friday evening was down to my wishing Mark Tainton good luck as he left the ground UTG
Could you come over and wish me luck as I buy a Euro Millions ticket... and a Lotto just to be on the safe side!! If only it was that easy  |
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Post by peterparker on Nov 15, 2016 12:53:16 GMT
Why do we need to wear Poppies on our shirts anyway? Why is this a thing in the past few years
The players wore Poppies and attended the service at The Mem gates. Good enough for me
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 15, 2016 13:09:53 GMT
Why do we need to wear Poppies on our shirts anyway? Why is this a thing in the past few years The players wore Poppies and attended the service at The Mem gates. Good enough for me I guess to be seen to be doing the "right thing" but I can't see the point of doing it this Saturday, particularly when we're playing tonight at home anyway. |
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Post by syg on Nov 15, 2016 13:46:37 GMT
This poppy wearing debate seemed to come about after/during Iraq. I never had a problem wearing a poppy, didn't always do it, but worn some years. After Iraq i was told by someone i worked with to wear one and i told them to **** *** and havent worn one since. It should be an individual decision. Im sure if we could talk to people who died in conflicts and tell them that we HAVE to wear a certain item they would consider that the sort of attitude they had been fighting against. Thoughts are more important, the shrouds in Bristol were quite unsettling.
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Post by aghast on Nov 15, 2016 14:15:23 GMT
This poppy wearing debate seemed to come about after/during Iraq. I never had a problem wearing a poppy, didn't always do it, but worn some years. After Iraq i was told by someone i worked with to wear one and i told them to **** *** and havent worn one since. It should be an individual decision. Im sure if we could talk to people who died in conflicts and tell them that we HAVE to wear a certain item they would consider that the sort of attitude they had been fighting against. Thoughts are more important, the shrouds in Bristol were quite unsettling. I watched a documentary/film about this sort of subject recently. I think it was Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis, which is still on iPlayer and worth a view. It's all about how the US and UK governments have done various things to drum up support for their wars and conflicts. One aspect was that Blair and Bush encouraged the media to publish personal details about each military death to a far greater extent than before, and to make sure we see these losses as heroic rather than tragic. This hasn't worked as planned. Since then, every death leads to more criticism of governments and virtually none of military leaders. This has led to a strange political correctness nowadays, where members of the armed forces are all seen as heroes, regardless of what they have done, audiences swoon in adulation when a contestant appears on stage in American Idol in his military uniform, and wearing a poppy is seen as something we must all do. Woe betide anyone who thinks otherwise. Just for the record, I have nothing at all against our armed forces, and see nothing wrong in wearing a poppy. In fact I think it's a good thing to do, if you want to do it. I just don't like being told how to think. |
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Post by philbemmygas on Nov 15, 2016 16:42:04 GMT
As a former member of the Armed Forces I and my former colleagues are not offended by non Poppy wearers, its a personal choice the right of which was given by those who went before. All we ask is you acknowledge the 2 minute silence and behave appropriately when an event is taking place.
UTG
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Post by philbemmygas on Nov 15, 2016 16:45:57 GMT
Why do we need to wear Poppies on our shirts anyway? Why is this a thing in the past few years The players wore Poppies and attended the service at The Mem gates. Good enough for me I guess to be seen to be doing the "right thing" but I can't see the point of doing it this Saturday, particularly when we're playing tonight at home anyway. The arrangements for the event, make it nigh on impossible to change at short notice. Serving members of the Army will be in attendance and have other commitments; so can't just chop and change. In my opinion it is not about "doing the right thing", it is more about honouring those who have gone before including many players and supporters of our club. All about opinions of course. |
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